The OAuth2 Hawk and JOSE MAC Validation code in Apache CXF prior to 3.0.13 and 3.1.x prior to 3.1.10 is not using a constant time MAC signature comparison algorithm which may be exploited by sophisticated timing attacks.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - The OAuth2 Hawk and JOSE MAC Validation code in Apache CXF prior to 3.0.13 and 3.1.x prior to 3.1.10 is
    not using a constant time MAC signature comparison algorithm which may be exploited by sophisticated
    timing attacks. (CVE-2017-3156)

fix CVE-2017-3156 (rhbz#1425455,1425458)

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ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
418040	SCA: security update for org.apache.cxf.karaf:apache-cxf (GHSA-qc2p-q7x9-v64p)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	high
418040	SCA: security update for org.apache.cxf.karaf:apache-cxf (GHSA-qc2p-q7x9-v64p)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	high
97504	Fedora 25 : 1:cxf (2017-d62c8f91e4)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high

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CVE-2017-3156

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Tenable Plugins

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